Tag Archives: Harmony Korine

02/17/2017 · 1:51 pm

Channel FUM

I propose a concept for a new 24-hour network.

FUM. The Fucked-Up Movies Channel.

By watching FUM, you agree to the terms and conditions of the network. In short:

All the movies aired on this channel are fucked up.
If you get fucked up by watching it, too fucking bad.

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Filed under Bad Influences, Faint Signals, Idiot's Delight, Movies You Missed, Saturday Movie Matinee, Thousand Listen Club, Unfairly Maligned, Worst Of All

Tagged as 1970s, 1990s, 2000s, 2005, Bling Bling, Bumfights, Charlotte Gainsbourg, Chloe Sevigny, Divine, Dr. Phil, Ewen Bremner, Gummo, Happy Campers, Harmony Korine, Indecline, John Waters, Keanu Reeves, Lars Von Trier, Las Vegas, movies, Nicolas Winding Refn, Ninth Cloud, pre 9/11, Sixtoo, underground, Willem Dafoe, YouTube

08/29/2015 · 8:01 pm

Bouillon Cube Theory

Almost every single aspect of my personality can be explained by one simple fact: when I was a kid I ate a bouillon cube.

I was too young to know better. I had witnessed the flavor sorcery that resulted when my parents would cook with a bouillon cube. Surely, I reasoned, if it made dinner taste that good, then a whole cube of it would be a trip to flavor heaven. I even imagined it might expand into a steak or a burger, like in The Jetsons. So one evening I sneaked into the kitchen, unwrapped a beef cube, popped it in my mouth, and chewed it up. Continue reading →

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Filed under Bad Influences, Eatable Things, Nostalgic Obsessions, Robot Toy Fetish, Thousand Listen Club

Tagged as 1980s, 1990s, Bill Frisell, Boredoms, Bouillon Cube Theory, bouillon cubes, comedy, Enter The Void, Family Guy, Fight Club, Fred Frith, Gaspar Noe, Gummo, Harmony Korine, humor, Idiocracy, Irreversible, Jackass, Joey Baron, John Zorn, John's Arm:Armageddon, laughter, Michael Bay, Mike the Pod, movies, music, Naked City, Pablo Picasso, Peter Griffin, Pink Flamingos, Poddism, The Allspark, The Simpsons, Transformers, underground, Wayne Horvitz, Yamatsuka Eye

07/25/2015 · 7:19 pm

10 Reasons Why I Love Gummo

If you’ve never seen Harmony Korine’s 1997 meisterwerk Gummo, you are doing yourself a great disservice. Rarely do I recommend a film so unabashedly, or so often. It has been my favorite movie for almost a decade, regardless of mood. I’ve seen it a hundred times, easily, and it continues to amaze me in new ways. And yes, it shocks, in a manner I draw great inspiration from. But beyond its often hilarious jolts, Gummo is the most explicitly human and raw film I’ve ever seen. The believability of the scenes- some scripted, some improvised- is so overwhelming and authentic, it pulls you into their world with all the force of the tornadoes that set the film’s events in motion. And you may find yourself every bit as devastated in their wake.

Gummo loosely tells the story of the residents of Xenia, Ohio, a quasi-fictional town that was savaged by tornadoes at an indistinct point in the past, and never fully recovered. The film centers primarily on a small group of children, but as we explore their ruined world, we meet a larger cast of characters, almost all portrayed by “non-actors”. Some are legitimately mentally retarded. It all gels amazingly well, providing a heretofore unseen view of what liberal assholes call “white trash”. I love it so dearly that I could go on endlessly about it, so I’ve decided to instead whittle my thoughts down to my ten favorite (more or less) things about my favorite movie. Here we go! Don’t forget to put out the cat! For god’s sakes! Continue reading →